OSIRIS RAIN

I believe that as a painter it is my duty to bring dignity and beauty to mankind, to elevate, and exult the human condition. Every tear and sorrow, every joy and laughter, is a reason to celebrate the everyday as unique. I believe the best way to achieve this is through the representation of recognizable situations, figures, and emotions that resonate through time and space, that all of humanity can relate to in camaraderie, from the rich to the poor, from the educated to the non-educated. Through my paintings I seek to bring people together, and to help them realize that there is not so much difference between us.


Osiris Rain (b-1986) has studied extensively in Florence, Italy at the Angel Academy of Art under Maestro Michael John Angel, and later with Odd Nerdrum in Stavern, Norway.In addition he has spent time with Steven Assael, Jacob Collins, and Jeffrey Mimms. He has studied and copied paintings at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy, The Louvre, Paris, and the Metropolitan in NYC amongst others. He has exhibited in North Carolina, Canada, Italy, France, and Norway. Collected internationally, His works hang in both private and public collections in Italy, France, Norway, Iceland, Canada, Australia and the United States. He is the founder and instructor of L'ecole de l'Oeil Ouvert in Lansing, NC and is a lifetime member of the Moving Poets International Theatre of Dance. He is an avid writer and often displays his writings and poetry together with the exhibitions of his paintings.
Rain works exclusively from the live model, grinds his own pigments, and creates his own ground in the classical method. He has been working this way since he was sixteen. Osiris Rain currently divides his time between North Carolina and Europe.




Education

2006-07- Trompe L’oeil Apprentice to Bob Nulf, Charlotte, NC
2006- Independent Study, New York City, New York
2005- Apprentice to Odd Nerdrum, Stavern, Norway
2004- Independent Museum Study, Florence, Italy; Rome, Italy; Paris France
2003-04- Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
2002- Northwest School of the Arts, Charlotte, NC


Collections and Commissions

- Matthew Paul Brown and Elizabeth McLean Brown of Pinnacle Sotheby's International Realty
- Chase Manhattan
- Amy Blumenthal
- Barlett Tree Co. New York
- Odd Nerdrum, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC
- Christ Central Church Murals
- Noda Business Association, Fresco Design
- Moving Poets Theatre of Dance, Charlotte, NC and Hamburg, Germany
- Got a Light Poetry Slams, Charlotte, NC
- Actors Theatre Charlotte, Expanding Sky Set Design and Execution, Charlotte, NC
- Imaginon, Set Design and Painting, Henry the IV Tour

Proffessional and Teaching Experience

2006-present- Founder/Instructor of School of the Open Eye, Lansing, NC
2004-present- Workshops and Classes, United State and Canada
2004- Gallery Assistant, Beamhouse Gallery, Beamsville, Ontario

Selected Solo Exhibitions

- 2008 Canary in a Coal Mine, Studio 21 Fine Art (Upcoming)
-2008 Osiris Rain, Sotheby’s, Charlotte, NC
-2007 Symbols, Dialect Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2007 Sanctuary, Empathinc Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2005 Island, The Art Preserve, Charlotte, NC
-2004 Norge, The Art Preserve
-2004 Works From Florence, Italy, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2003 Drawings, Studio 35, Florence, Italy


Selected Group Exhibitions

-2008 Figurative Exhibition, Studio 21 Fine Art (Upcoming)
-2008 Kitsch Biennial, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
-2007 Pews on Parade, The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
-2007 Small Works, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2007 Artzilla, Hart-Wtizen Gallery Charlotte, NC
-2007 The Painters, Dialect Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2007 Art With a Heart, Charlotte, NC
-2007 Invisible Children, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2007 Contra-Lingua, Steelhaus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
-2006 Ethos, KunstHaus, Berlin, Germany
-2006 Surprise Surprise! Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2005 Kitsch Annual, Stavern, Norway, Charlotte, NC
-2005 Design, Gallerie Alain Blondel, Paris, France
-2004 New Works, The Beam House Gallery, Beamsville, Ontario
-2003 Rain, Mcbroom Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2002 Past And Present, Mcbroom Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-2001 Guerre, Wrightnow Gallery, Charlotte, NC
-1998 Group Show, Monroe Public Library, Monroe, NC

Awards and Recognitions

- Member of the International Society of Realist Painters
-2005 Odd Nerdrum-Summer Residency Program, Norway
-2004 Artist in Residence, Beamhouse Gallery, Beamsville, Ontario
-2004 Niagara Weekly
-2006-07 Featured Artist, artsalamode.com